I frowned as I made my way through the crowd of students, heading for the board that showed what we had all ranked during the mid term examination.
"98th, top one hundred I guess, but I was hoping for a higher score." I said with a nod. "What did Moka and Tsukune get?" I said as I looked on the board. Seeing Moka's name, I saw that her rank was 13th. "Nice work Moka, top twenty." I said with a smile.
"Thanks Dakota!" Moka, with me turning to face her as I didn't know she was behind me. "Maybe we could study together next time with Tsukune." She suggested, with me nodding.
"That'd be great Moka, with everything that's gone down, I haven't studied much." I replied while rubbing the back of my head. Looking back on the board, I found Tsukune at 120th, where I continued on and found Mizore at 144th. I wasn't surprised to see Kurumu at last place.
"Not bad Yukari, ranked first in entire class." I heard, with me looking over at the group that were talking, seeing them off away from the crowd. "But don't let that go to your head you little brat."
"Class Rep." Yukari whimpered as she turned and saw that her Class Representative was standing behind her with a wicked grin on his face.
"I don't know why you're even in this school you filthy witch." he growled.
"There a problem here?" I asked as I walked over, causing both of them to jump.
"This doesn't concern you." The Class Rep growled.
"You're picking on one of your classmates. I'd say that you're doing a poor job of looking out for your classmates." I replied with a smiled at the larger student.
"Why you..." He growled.
"Now, don't make a scene." I warned, not wanting to fight. "A class representative attacking another student is a quick way of getting yourself in trouble." I said as the Class Rep simply growled and stormed off leaving me standing there with Yukari. "You ok?" I asked, looking at the smaller girl.
"THANK YOU!" She exclaimed as she hugged me, catching me off guard as I didn't expect this child like behavior, even if she did look younger than everyone else.
"You're welcome." I said as I chuckled, patting her on the head. "I don't like bullies."
"Dakota!" Moka exclaimed as she, Tsukune and Kurumu walked over "Why'd you run off like that?"
"Just saw someone that needed to be reminded of their job." I said with another chuckle before looking at Yukari who was now focused on Moka.
"OH MOKA!" Yukari exclaimed as she hugged Moka. "I LOVE YOU!" She said as she then went on to explain how she had been watching from afar and her love had grown and now she wanted to date the beautiful vampire.
"As friends..." Moka said with a sigh.
"YEAAA!" Yukari cheered as she started to pull Moka away before turning and sticking her tongue out at the other two. "And to make sure that we stay together I'll keep everyone else away!" She said as she then took out a wand and swung it, unleashing several brooms that soon started trying to herd Tsukune, Kurumu and me away. I simply weaved through the brooms and decided to let this slide for now.
Over the next few days there were various things that kept trying to hurt me and keep Tsukune away from Moka, from falling pots, to breaking chairs. It had been three days of the continuous pranks and Kurumu was starting to get very annoyed about the continuous pranks and that Tsukune was almost always the target of these pranks. Yukari stopped attacking me once I explained that I didn't want anything to do with Moka other than be her friend, which she accepted.
"She's a pest!" Kurumu exclaimed as I walked into the nurses office, where she was patching Tsukune up.
"She could be worse." Tsukune said, where I sighed as sat down on the bed across from him.
"I don't see how." Kurumu grumbled. I was about to answer when suddenly Tsukune moved towards Kurumu, where he started to grope her breasts.
Kurumu was extremely happy that Tsukune started to take action towards her. I knew something was off and stood up, where I punched the daylights out of Tsukune, knocking him out. "Why did you do that for!?" Kurumu questioned angerly, with me laying Tsukune down in the bed.
"Tsukune was being controlled, his face gave that up." I said as I looked out the window and saw Yukari, who had been outside the window, let out a yelp of surprise as she saw me. "Yukari, that was going too far." I said, narrowing my eyes at her as I walked over to the window.
"So are you going to run me off like everyone else, you big bully?!" Yukari shouted as she ran off. I let out a sigh as Moka walked in and looked at me in confusion.
"I better go find her." I said, turned around to exit the door.
"Why? She got what she deserved." Kurumu said with a huff as she crossed her arms.
"She's lashing out." I replied as I looked back at her. "She's alone. She's hated for being a witch by both humans and monsters. That is wrong, no one should be treated such a way. As far as she can tell, its her against the world." I said while making a fist. Before Kurumu could say anything, I walked out to find Yukari.
Later
"Class Rep?" I heard Yukari asked in fear through the mist, with me coming to a stop and placing my hands over my ears to hear better.
"So what should we do with the little witch?" one asked.
"I say we eat her!" the other henchman laughed.
"I like it." Class Rep grinned as he transformed. "Looks like we found a use for you after all!"
Just as the three were about to swarm the girl, I found where they were and pulled my arm back. "WASHINGTON... SMMAAAASH!?" I yelled, causing a powerful enough gust that cleared the mist completely, with no sign that it was ever here. "You three should know not to pick on the weak, no matter what!" I said, walking over to them. "There is no need to fear now, Yukari, because now I am here!" I said, narrowing my eyes at the three lizard man. Faster than Yukari could blink eyes, I was there, holding the transformed Class Rep by the throat. The other two lizards hissed in anger when suddenly they were blocked by Kurumu and Moka. "Take this as your only warning." I said with a growl. "If I ever see you trying this again, I will see if lizards really do have regeneration abilities!" I said, where I then threw the Class Rep to the ground and watched as the three ran off.
Turning, I looked at Yukari with a small smile. "Why'd you help me?" Yukari asked in confusion, some tears in her eyes.
"Because I know what you're going through. I may not be alone, or anything like that, but no one deserves it. You're not anymore, you have not just me, but all of us. Work hard to prove to them that you deserve their recognition, then they will call you friend." I said with a smile as I patted her head. Turning around, I walked away with Moka and Kurumu following me over to Tsukune.
The Next Day
"So did you hear about Yukari?" Kurumu asked as I looked up at her.
"I did. She apologized in front of her entire class for the pranks. I'm proud of her." I said with a smile, leaning back into my chair. At that moment, Yukari walked in with a smile on her face. "Hey Yukari!" I said with a smile. "What brings you here?" I asked as I got up and walked over to her, placing my hands on my hips as I looked down at her.
"Well I came to join the newspaper club." She said, before running up and hugging me. "And to say how much I love you too Dakota-Kun!" She called out, with me freaking out as I didn't expect that. "Oh, I still love Moka-Chan too, but I want to share both of you now!" She said in joy.
"WHAT?!" Kurumu exclaimed in shock.
"Stay out of this you big titted cow!" Yukari shouted as she waved her wand and a pot dropped on Kurumu's head, angering the succubus.
"Now ladies." I said as I held up my hands to try and stop them from starting a fight.
"But Dakota..." Yukari and Kurumu complained while Moka tried not to laugh.
"No buts! We are all friends, and no, I wont return your feelings, but I will be a brother figure to you!" I said, giving Yukari a thumbs up, grinning at her, one that she copied.
